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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday indicated that the best safety endorsement he can think of for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is to confirm that he would be receiving the jab as he now qualifies under an expanded vaccination drive. As the National Health Service (NHS) marked the 100th day of its vaccination programme by expanding it to all over-50s, the 56-year-old UK PM used the timing to reiterate the safety message after some countries suspended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs amid some concerns. It's Oxford/AstraZeneca I will be having, said Johnson, during his week...

London, March 11 Miniature cameras which patients can swallow to get checked for cancer are being trialled across England, the National Health Service (NHS) said on Thursday. The imaging technology, in a capsule no bigger than a pill, can provide a diagnosis within hours. Known as a "colon capsule endoscopy", the cameras are expected to help speed up the checks, catching more cancers early when they are easier to treat. “As we come out of ‘peak Covid' and the disruption of the pandemic, the NHS is now pushing ahead with genuine innovation to expand services for many other conditions,” s...

On Sunday last week, the U.K. recorded that 15 million people had received at least one of the two anti-COVID-19 doses

Read more about UK PM Johnson warns of tougher Covid-19 lockdown due to new strain on Business Standard. Prime Minister Johnson warned that the current tiered system of lockdown to arrest the spread of Covid-19 may have to be toughened further as the UK grapples with the new strain of the coronavirus

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned that the current tiered system of lockdown to arrest the spread of COVID-19 may have to be